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per day. So that also has been a high priority because of the AOC. We have another AOC (from the Department of Health) for the pretreatment as well that our staff is working on. And these three priorities right now because it's a mandate under stipulated fines, and then Kealakehe. We have started meeting with the consultant. They're working on the headworks and the odor control for that facility because it's way overdue for Kealakehe WWTP. The meetings started with the consultants, so they're working on that. Our staff in the Wastewater Division also had a Kapu‘e Bridge sewer line in Pāpa‘ikou. As you all know, we are under construction of that because we completed the bypass because it was still spilling to the water stream below it. We are in the process of negotiating with Hawai‘i Dredging Construction Co. in the contract to either move forward with them or rebidding that portion of completing the project. But we were successful in getting the bypass so we could avoid the continuous spill. So these are the high priorities that we've been working on. Kealakehe is one of them, and the consultants are working on the design for these components, and sand filter, the staff has started on as well for the Kealakehe Treatment Plant. So these are the top four that's really hot on our agenda. And the guys are working on – Wastewater Division Chief Dora Beck just finished a spreadsheet of all of the force mains, which kind of took the Director by surprise. Some of them were constructed in the 1960s. Imagine the condition of these force mains that were constructed in the 1960s. We need to figure a way how to fund them, how to do the sewer replacement segments, televise them, prioritize the sewer collection replacement as we move forward as well. Hopefully that answers some of your questions, he said. Chair Adams, commenting on the legislative update, asked where the cesspool conversion bills are in trying to come up with funding to allow people to convert to sewer to become your customers of the wastewater treatment plants. Are those bills moving, and what are the barriers to getting assistance to get conversion from cesspools done? Director Mansour said SB 2802, which would set up a cesspool conversion fund and authorize counties to charge a fee on commercial and residential property owners with cesspools, 5 appeared to be coming back to life. c. Upcoming proposals to amend the County Code. Chair Adams asked for an update on proposals to amend DEM’s rules, to add a definition of uncovered loads, to establish a process to allow trailers at transfer stations, and restoring the residential tipping credit. 5 Following this meeting, SB2802, in fact, did not receive a hearing and did not come back to life by the next deadline. However, HB 2915, HD2, has crossed over from the House to the Senate. Description: “Establishes a cesspool compliance pilot grant project to assist low- and moderate-income property owners, including lessees on Hawaiian home lands, with the costs of upgrading, converting, or connecting a cesspool. Applies to cesspools identified as failing by the department of health. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2100. (HD2)” https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2195&year=2022 8